La valse & La mer

Date:	June 12, 2025 \| 19:30 (Thu)
Venue:	Municipal House - Smetana Hall
Duration:	120 minutes
Intermission:	Yes
Status:	Available

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Like an Art Nouveau ship, the Municipal House is cradled on the shores of France

The waves slowly emerge from the silence, leaping joyfully over each other and suddenly they calm down. In a gust of wind, they rise again and break into a deafening fortissimo, only to recede. The waves of Debussy's The Sea. A familiar waltz rhythm penetrates their murmur, which gradually becomes a thunder. Then Ester Pavlů comes on board and Ravel's storm is replaced by her tender mezzo-soprano in the songs of Summer Nights. With the charismatic Sascha Goetzel, chief conductor in France and Canada, we certainly won't drown in the waters of the French repertoire. One more sip of wine and Summer Nights can begin.

Program:

Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, symphonic poem
Hector Berlioz
Summer Nights, song cycle Op. 7
Claude Debussy
The Sea, three symphonic sketches
Maurice Ravel
La valse, choreographic poem

Performing:

Ester Pavlů - mezzo-soprano
Jan Hoďánek - English horn

Prague Symphony Orchestra
Sascha Goetzel | conductor

Important:

Please note that tickets for this concert will be assigned to you by the organizer within 48 hours of placing your order. You will receive your tickets by e-mail.
Tickets purchased for this concert can not be transferred, exchanged or refunded unless the event is cancelled
No ticket discounts provided
With intermission

Concerts with dinner in Prague

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Municipal House - Smetana Hall

Address:	Náměstí Republiky 5 , Praha 1
Capacity:	1200
Type:	Concert hall
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	Yes

The Smetana Hall is the most famous and largest concert hall of the Municipal House in Prague

Prague Municipal House and the splendid interior of its main hall, named after famous Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, will take your breath away. The best way how to explore this exquisite hall is to attend one of the great classical concerts held here.

Built as a tribute to Bedřich Smetana - world known Czech composer. Representative Smetana Hall was the site of the independent Czechoslovak Republic declaration in 1918. Nowadays it serves predominantly as a concert hall.

Beautiful Art Nouveau decorations – paintings with Slavic motifs, decorative stained glass ceiling, gilded lamps, beautiful organ – all this creates an unusually harmonic whole, which is a worthy area for implementation of the greatest treasures of Czech and world classical music.

The Municipal House in Prague was built at the place of the former Royal Court in 1912 to celebrate the Czech nation. It is a representative building which for its splendour and beautiful decorations is one of the jewels of Prague architecture. Although the building is usually described as an "Art Nouveau" edifice it is more of a blend of neo-Baroque, neo-Renaissance, western and oriental influences and Czech Art Nouveau style.

Today, the Municipal House in Prague offers a wide range of multifunctional premises in which all sorts of events are held (exhibitions, conferences, fashion shows, charity events, companies' shows, etc.). There is also a great and highly recommendable French restaurant, Municipal House Café and American bar.
Municipal House is, above all, a great venue for Prague classical music concerts and one of the prime venues of the world-famous Prague Spring Festival.

Do not miss your chance to visit great classical music concert in one of the nicest concert venues in Prague!

How to get there:

Accessibility by Prague public transport:
metro B (yellow line) - Náměstí republiky station
tram - Náměstí republiky stop
Nearest car parking:
garages of the Palladium or Kotva shopping malls on Náměstí republiky, Prague 1